Button.



T. WJFORTER.

I BUTTON.4 APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1912.

Patented Apr. 11, 1916.`

2 SHEETS--SHEET I.

ATTORNEY Tm; uuLuAmlA PLANoGRAPl-l Co.. wAsHlNuTDN. u. c.

T. W. PORTER.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY I3. 1912.

1,179,634. y Patented J p1-.11,1 16.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2l tra sas THOMAS W. PORTER, OF TUXEDO PARK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNO/R TO THE PATENT BUTTON' COMPANY, 0F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONe NECTICUT.

BUTTON.

Application filed May' 13, 1912. Serial No. 696,929.

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tuxedo Park, in the county of @range and State of New York, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, ofl which the following is a specification. p 'I p g My invention relates to anl improvement in buttons, and more particularly to that type or kvind thereof which isemployed with a staple, provided with two or more prongs, and adapted to pierce its way through the bottom of the button and turned, bent or upset against a die contained within the button, the object of the'invention being to provide an article of this kind which shall be cheap to manufacture and assemble, and wherein the top or face plate may be of a straight or flat form without danger of being marred or injured by the upsetting of the pointed end of the prongs,l and with these Vand other ends in view, consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in theY claims.

In the accompanying drawings, `Figure l is a sectional view of my improved button prior to being secured to the cloth or fabric;

Fig. 2 is a similar View thereof, after being secured in place; Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the button, a portion of the face plate and `anvil or die being broken away.; Fig. 4 is a detachedV perspective view of the anvil or die; Fig. 5 is a similar View of the anchor ;A Fig. 6 is a sectional view of amodified form of the button prior to being at tached to the cloth or fabric; Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the button attached;

Fig. 8 is a perspective'view of the detached modified form ofV die; Fig. 9 is a similar view of the anchorg'Fig. 10 is a top plan view of a. modified form of the button, a portion of the face plate and die. being broken away for the sake of clearness; Fig. ll is a sectional view of a modified form of the button, the anchor being made in the form of a disk and resting in the body of the button and against the die; Fig. 12 is a view in per spective of the anchor employed in connection vwith the button as illustratedin Fig. 11; f n Fig. lfshows thebutton in section and provided with a still further modified form of anchor, the ldie being inclosed or. incased therein;` Fig. 14 isa sectional View ofthe button showing the die and anchor "made, inf tegral; Fig. l5 is a top plan viewl of the die and anchor illustrated in Fig. 18, a portion of the anchor being broken away to better illustrate the die inclosed therein; and,V

Figfi is a view'in perspective of the inn tegral anchor and die illustrated in section in Fig. 14. 'p

Befe'rringto the drawings, A represents the body of the button, provided with the downwardly extending hub B, and with the imperforate base C, the latter being bent or Aformed to" provide a circular groove D, said body, hub and imperforate base being preferably constructed of one piece of metal.

`Within the body and hub of the button is contained an anchor E shown in perspective in Fig. 5, this anchor being made in the `form of a shell, one end lthereof being open,

and the opposite end lclosed and bent inwardly or downwardly to form a cavity or recess e, the sides e1 ofthe shell or anchor being preferably of such height or length as to permit itA to be nicely contained within the button between the-base thereof and' the` die, as hereinafter 'eXplained. The Ledge e2 of this anchor surrounding the openv end thereof -is contained within the recess in the imperforate base` of the button formed between thehub B andthe sides of the groove or recess D, as clearly lillustrated' in Figs.

l and 2 of the drawing. On the upper edgev 'c3 of the shell for anchor E, and also on the body A, rests the die F, shown in perspec tive in Fig. 4, and lconstructed in the. form of a disk, `a recess or cavity G being thereby formedbetweenthe die F andthe top e of the anchor E, to receive and retain the bent or'upset ends of the fastening staple.V Upon this flat disk or die F rests thevtop or face l plate H, the outer edge of the latter being bent over upon the body A toyretain' the parts in their proper relative positions.

vWith thev button so constructed, is employed a staple provided with two or more prongs, that illustrated in the drawing being provided with the two prongs I formed on or secured to the base or plate K, the free 'ends of the prongs I being pointed and adapted to pierce their wayY through the cloth or fabric L, the base C of the button, and the top of the anchor or shell, and bent V.or upset against the die or anvilF.. By

. 65 with the button after being secured thereto.

reason of this construction and arrangement of the parts, the pointed ends of the prongs 1 are directedinto the recess D in the base of the button, and prevented thereby from slipping laterally on said base,'the prongs puncturing or piercing the base, and likewise the upper plate or top of theanchor E, the recess G between said anchor and anvil plate F receiving and retainingthese bent or upset ends, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

As illustrated in Figs. 6-10 inclusive, the shape of the die and anchor may be slightly modified, that is, instead of being Abent downwardly Vor inwardly to form a cavity or recess at its upper end, it might be domed,

in which instance the die will be so shaped as to properly spread or separate the points of the staple and bend them into the space between said die and anchor.

As Villustrated in Fig. 9, the anchor M is shaped like that shown in Fig. 5,'that is, is in the form of a shell; the lower end thereof being op'en, but the .opposite end or top N being convex insteadof concave. When such a form ofanchor is used, the die O illustrated in perspective in Fig. 8 will be provided with the downwardly projecting portionl? employed for the purpose of d1- recting the points of the staple Q downwardly and outwardly, as clearly illustrated in Fig. @the bent oroverturned points of the staple occupying thefspace between' the convex top of the anchor and the under side or surface of the die or anvil.

By so constructing the parts, lit will be understood that there is little or no dangerL i n of the piercing orpointed ends of the prongs marring or injuring the top or face plateH Vof the button, which, as before stated, is

preferably made flat; furthermore, by'forming and arranging the. anchor or Yshell asV illustrated and abovendescribed, that is, with the open end thereof located in the base of the button, and the closed orjanchoring end thereof located in the top of the button, the necessity of providing a die extending down into the hub of the button, as has heretofore been the case, is avoided. Furthermore, the button is a neatand attractive one, cheap to manufacture and assemble, and by actual test strong and capable of withstanding any strain whichmight be imposed upon it when in use. f

It is to be further noted that by reason of the formation and arrangement of the several parts, the prongs of the staple are held Vagainst a rocking, tilting or twisting movement at points near the base and near the pointed ends thereof, these two points'of engagement, one near the lower end ofthe prongs, and the otherrnear the upper end of the prongs, being so widely separated as to insure against all danger of the staple being moved or twisted from engagement ing ends of the prongs.

Furthermore, by reason of the fact that the staple pierces its way out not only through the imperforate base of the button, but also through the shell, its engagement therewith is rendered much more secure than in instances where holes kor openings are provided in the base of the button or inan inserted disk, or other element contained withv in the same, or Vin both. In other words, the prongs of the staple are caused to more tightly engage with two parts of the button, and at points widely separated. Again, the inner side or surface of the shell being continuous, it affords a guide to the prongs of the staple after having pierced their way through the imperforate'base, and serves to properly direct them toward the closed end of the shell, avoiding any undue tilting of the same while the staple is being secured to and within the'button.

While 1 preferto construct the button as above described, yet it will be obvious to those skilled in this art thatrthe same advantages may be secured when thebutton is constructed as shown, for instance, in Fig. 11, wherein the anchor is made in the form of a disk R extending across the body R1 of the button and against the anvil R2 provided with a central depression f," for the purpose of deflecting the points of the prongs This anchor R, 'as illustrated in perspective in Fig. 12, will be pierced by the pointed ends of the prongs in the act of securing the button to the cloth, as is the case in the anchor before described, and being widely separated from the base of the button, the same advantages will liow therefrom. Again, as illustrated in Figs. 13 and 15, the anchor S may be made in theform of an inverted dome, and bent over and upon the die S1, or, as illustrated in Figs. 14 and 16, the anchor and die may be made in one piece in the form of a shell, the lower side T acting as the anchor andthe vdepression t in the top T1 acting as the die to deflect the pierc- 1n all these instances, however, it will be noted that both the bottom of the button and the anchor are Vimperforate, the two parts being widely separated, so 'that all danger of the button rocking or tilting on the fastener or becoming disengaged therefrom is avoided.

What I claimisz- Y 1. A button comprising a top plate, a body, and ahollow hub with an imperforated basev at the lower extremity thereof, said baseprovided with an annular groove spaced adistance from the outerV periphery thereof, an anchor located within said hollow hub and comprising a khollow shell with the side walls thereof contacting Ywith the side walls of said hub, the open lower extremity of said shell located between the side walls of R? over and onto the anchor R..

said hub, and the walls of said annular 139 -an annular groove spaced a distance from the outer periphery thereof, an anchor member located within said yhollow cylindrical hub, and comprising a 'hollow cylindrical shell with the side Walls thereof in continuous contact with the side walls of said hub,

the vlower extremity of said shell resting upon the walls of Said annular groove, the

Vupper extremity of said shell provided withv an imperforated top plate, formed with a central depression a Hat plate die positioned Y between the top piat-e of said button and the upper extremity vof said shell, and holding the several parts in fixed position.

Signed at New York, borough of Manl 25 hattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 10th day of May, A. D. i

THOMASy W. PORTER.l

`Witnesses: .Y

O. L. VALENTINE, W. C. WooDMAiv'.

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